Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
شب بخیر
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
لطفا
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
متاسف
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
persan
singhalais
German Name
Persisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Persian and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Persian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Sinhalese on Persian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Persian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.